UK Demon

Please forgive my ignorance, but living over here there are some things I don't understand. 1. Why don't the selectors pick Adam Tomlinson. Seems he is the most hardly done by player we've had for years. 2. What's happened to socks? We've gone from the red legs to the hairy legs! When did shin pads die! You can hardly see the red these days. 3. How does the utility work in Fantasy Football? 4.When can we get a list replacement for Angus Brayshaw? Thanks in anticipation.

Definite antipathy towards us (and the dogs) from St. Kilda after we both broke our Premiership droughts, leaving them .......well... ....nowhere.

Tasmania Build a rivalry with them and claim it. It can be a Demons v Devils thing. I don't think we will be in the sights of the bigger (but not better) Victorian clubs, except when both teams are doing well. So lets start a new one.

C!early where I live in Yorkshire is a Demon heartland. I am the only person in this area who follows AFL and I support Melbourne. Therefore it has 100% Demon support. You know it makes sense.

Could join Jarred Rivers, Viv Mitchie and reunite with his old school mates at Collegians.

For those of us in the UK it's either Watch AFL or the BT sports channel. There will be plenty of pubs in the cities who will screen it for the games that are on during opening hours. Early kick offs Australian time will be problematic. I live in the countryside so I'll be watching from behind the sofa at home until we get ten goals in front.

Talking of decoy forwards, my father used to say that Alan Rowarth did that job superbly for Big Bob Johnson many years ago. Big Bob was a star for Melbourne and Oakleigh. An enormous character, he deserves a thread of his own

Thank you for the explanation. Sounds a really good idea.

From over here I don't understand what this is all about and how it works. Could someone explain it to me? I would appreciate your help. From the little I know it sounds like a great connection between elite players and the grassroots game. As someone who played suburban football many years ago the idea of playing with or against a player like Nathan Jones would be amazing.

As I remember, Ted was in the Tom Bugg mould. John was much bigger and a key position player. He showed potential. I'm not sure about Essendon connections.

Oh, memories of Ted and brother John. There was one game against Richmond when the fight went on for so long that they turned the MCG screen off. Ted did angry very well indeed.

Would Freo offer Andrew Brayshaw for Luke Jackson? Not saying we should take it, just saying.

16 points.

Bulldogs new theme song apparently.

Another great story showing that Melbourne cares. Im still patiently waiting my turn in the queue for someone to bring it over to me.

I too was unaware of this and am grateful for it being pointed out, (yet another benefit of Demonland.) A membership and a useful saving. Definitely a win-win.

Oh, so jealous.

Expecting it over here sometime soon.

This will, I desperately hope, will be opened in celebration at a late lunch today.(British Summer Time). It was brought over to me by a great Melbourne supporting friend about 20 years ago. Us Demonlanders have quite a cellar.

I'm another who was brought up in Beaver Street. A long way from where I am now.

Neil Crompton Grand Final 1964. Here ends the discussion!

The only player that ever seemed to get penalised for this infringement was Clayton Oliver and I thought that was because he can handball so quickly that the umpires didn't believe it could possibly be legal. I agree that others totally get away with it.

Short term No. Long term Yes.

I hate the thought of agreeing with Geelong, it's a bit like agreeing with Nigel Farage. However, trying to take all bias out of it, why can't they play their game at home when there are no crowd capacity issues? Why don't Richmond have to play there like we do? Am I missing something from over here?

We are sent down there to play every single season. All other teams should have their turn as well. No matter if it is a capacity crowd, a small crowd or no crowd at all.